Glove.



E. F. NICKERSON.

GLOVE.

APPLICATION F1 .BD MAR.31,1913.

1,093,877. Patented Apr. 21,1914

@woe/nto@ EDITH F. NICKERSON, OF BOURNE, MASSACHUSEI'IS.

GLOVE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 21, 1,914.

Application filed March 31, 1913. Serial No. 757,990.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDITH F. NioKERsoN, citizen of the United States, residing at Bourne, in the county of Barnstable and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gloves, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to apparel gloves and more particularly to a glove provided with a pocket for containing money, car tickets, and other small articles which it is desired shall be readily accessible and which one ordinarily inserts in the palm of a glove. j

It is one aim of the invention to provide a glove with a pocket which will not be conspicuous and willv not interfere with the free movement ofthe hand although access may be readily had to the pocket.

Another. aim of' they invention is to so construct the mouth of the pocket that the coins, or the like, contained within the pocket will not be liable to be lost.

For a full understanding of the invention reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which :w

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a glove provided with a pocket embodying the present invention, parts 'being broken away. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the glove, the pocket being shown in longitudinal section.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the blank fromA which one wall of the pocket is formed.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all theviews of the accompanying drawing by the same reference characters.

In the drawing, the palm of the glove is indicated by the numeral ,1 and the wrist by the numeral 2, the wrist and palm .being provided with the usual palm opening 3 which may be closed at the wrist by snap fastenings such as indicated at 4 in' the drawing, or by laces, but-tons, or any other ordinary fastening means.

As will presently be made apparent, the palm of the glove constitutes one wall of the pocket and the other wall consists of a substantially rectangular piece preferably of the same material as the glove and indicated at 5 which is united by lines of stitching 6 to the inner side of the palm, the lines of stitching extending along. the lateraly edges of the piece 5 and along that end edge l which is located neXt adjacent to the fingers of the glove. At its wrist end the piece 5 is not united to the glove and this end of the said piece is located at the finger end of the palm opening 3.

The piece 5 constituting the inner wall of the pocket is at its wrist-end formed with substantially V-shaped incisions at the opposite Sides of the longitudinal median line, as indicated at 7 so as to provide a closure flap 8 designed to engage over the edge of .the palm at the finger end of the palm opening 3, 1n a manner clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings.

Vhile any suitable fastening device may be employed for the purpose of holding the closure flap in closed position, the studmember 9 of a snap fastening is here shown as secured to the palm of the glove at the finger end of the palm opening 3 and the `closure flap is illustrated as provided with the socket member 10- of such a fastening.

- The portions of the blank at the opposite sides of the closure flap 8 are indicated in the drawings by the numeral ,11, and are stitched at their outer lateral edges as at 11 to the corresponding edges of the piece 5 and between the same and the palm portion 1 of the glove, it being observed from an inspection of Fig. 1 of the drawing that these pieces are folded back so that at their folds 12 they serve to partly close the mouth of the pocket, so that while the closure flap 8 at its juncture with the piece 5 is of less width than the mouth of the pocket, the pieces 11 constitute auxiliary closing means and effectually prevent loss of small coins and the like, although when the closure flap i is opened for the purpose of inserting or removing something from the pocket, such insertions or removal may be readily accomp-lished.

It will be apparent that inasmuch as the closure flap 8 is relatively narrow it will not render the glove inconvenient and uncomfortable to wear for it does not interfere with opening and closing of the hand, nor will it serve to spread the palm opening. It

will also be noted that by locating the mouth of the pocket, as above described, and shown in the drawing and by the peculiar arrange- `ment of the closure flap 8, splitting of the palm-or any other portion of the glove is rendered unnecessary. It is particularly clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing that the edge of the' palm portion of the glove at the finger end of the alm opening extends in the kerfs resulting om the formation of the incisions 7 and that these kerfs are eli'ectually closed by the said palm portion of the glove. v

Having thus described the invention what is claimed asA new is 1. A glove having a palm opening, la pocket located Within the glove and having a mouth presented at the palm opening, a closure Hap for the mouth of the pocket arranged to extend over the edge of the palm at the said opening and the said pocket at its mouth having corner pieces located at opposite sidesof the closure flap and constituting auxiliary pockets closing the mouth of the first mentioned the closure flap.

2. A glove having a palm opening, a pocket Wall attached to the inner side of the palm and forming a pocket in conjunction pocket at each side of with the said Cpalm, the pocket having a mouth presente at the opening in the palm, a closure Hap for the mouth of the pocket carried by the rst mentioned Wall thereof -and arranged to extend over the edge of the palm at the said opening, means for holding the ap in closed position, the first mentioned Wall of the pocket being provided at opposite sides of the closure flap with corner pieces 'folded over and secured at their outer edges between the walls of the pocket the said corner pieces closing the mouth of the pocket at opposite sides of the closure Hap.

In testimony whereof I aIix my signature in presence of two witnesses.,

EDITH F. NICKERsoN.

Witnesses:

EDWARD S. ELLIS, A ALICE C. BOURNE; 

